food repentance

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Please let me take a moment to stop and tell you I had no idea how attached you all were to my “What I Ate Wednesday” posts. For a few weeks, I thought it had been getting old, so this Tuesday (when I usually take my pictures), I left my camera at home and didn’t take any pictures of my really boring food that was Tuesday.

When Wednesday rolled around, I got a few comments asking why I didn’t post a WIAW post. I got a few emails. Yikes, folks! I am forever sorry. Let me make it up to you today.

Breakfast – 5:45 AM

I have really been enjoying my chocolate protein oats lately. You caught me though – this is a recycled picture. I do not have any more cranberry sauce, although I did just get a bag of cranberries in my CSA box (which I’ll show you later!) this week. I also had my two cups of coffee to wake myself up (and warm myself up).

I was in such a good mood yesterday morning because it was the first time all week I didn’t wake up feeling like crap. Every other morning this week I have woken up with a raging headache and have been really warm without having a fever. It was weird. I have no clue if I was sick. I just rolled with it.

Lunch – 11:30 AM

Let’s all thank my mom for giving me some spinach on Wednesday night so I could make a salad for lunch. It was a delicious one, chock full of great toppings!

• organic baby spinach
• diced tomato
• red onion
• 1/2 avocado
• 1/4 cup black beans
• nutritional yeast
• balsamic vinegar
• Sabra hummus

On the side, I had Greek yogurt with strawberry slices and a ripe juicy orange –> oranges are SO good right now. You must buy some!

This lunch made me feel really good. I have been lacking in the greens and fruits department lately, especially in the fruits. I have been eating way too much sugar, as one could see on my 13 year old boy face right now.

Snack – 3:30 PM

On my way home from work, I ate the usual – raisins and almonds!

And when I got home, I was still kind of starving (okay, my stomach was definitely grumbling), so I ate a handful of Eat Your Vegetables chips dipped in hummus.

Which really fueled me well for my run outside – not. I had a huge knot in my stomach after that! Oh well, I pummeled through a 3.5 mile run in the cold cold weather, 25 mph winds and all! I don’t understand this stinkin’ Chicago weather. Yesterday it was 55 and rained 2 inches (which if it were snow, it would have been 20 inches!!!!). Today, it started out at 50 degrees and by the time I got out of work, it was 34. What the heck Chicago. Make up your mind.

Dinner – 6:15 PM

Recipe to come – oh my gosh was this good.

I of course am going to end my night with a snack – I’m trying to decide between my two favorites, which I’m sure all of you could name before I count to three. Granola or a protein muffin. Decisions, decisions.

Question: What is the one thing you’re looking forward to the most in the next week?

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